Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore has apologized for the leaking of semi-nude photos of him on the internet. He maintains that the pictures were stolen from his e-mail account and regrets the embarrassment they have caused. "It's tough," Sizemore said. "This is a situation where it's a private matter and personal photos were stolen illegally. I've always tried to represent myself and the Cleveland organization as best as possible and to put everybody through this is a terrible feeling and I apologize to everybody." In November, the photos -- one of Sizemore standing nearly naked in front of a bathroom mirror -- appeared online. Sizemore said he took the photos for his girlfriend. "This is a private matter," he said. "I never intended for any of this to get out. I hate to have to put everybody through this, but in the end it just wasn't meant to come out. It was meant for me and my girlfriend and it just happened to work out the way it did. "You always have to be careful, but this was something that was stolen out of an e-mail account. It wasn't like we intended for these pictures to go anywhere. We weren't flying them anywhere. We weren't showing them to friends. This was stolen out of an e-mail account."